Andre’s Bench

Submitted by Naomi Chiba on
Item Description
Andre’s Bench is a true story of a gift that was given after The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011. It is a story of a young girl in Ohio, who never met her grandmother from Ishinomaki, but honored her with a wish to rebuild the park in her grandmother’s hometown. It is also the story of a volunteer, Andre, who helped this young girl rebuild Matsunami Park, but passed away suddenly a year after it was built, and a Japanese carpenter in Ishinomaki whose sorrow was channeled to create t
Translation Approval
Off
Internet Archive Flag
Flagged for Internet Archive
Media Type
Layer Type
Archive
Absolute
Geolocation
38.417355, 141.3311619
Location(text)
宮城県石巻市松並2丁目7 松並公園
Latitude
38.417355
Longitude
141.3311619
Location
38.417355,141.3311619
Media Creator Username
Naomi Chiba
Media Creator Realname
Naomi Chiba
Frequency
Archive Once
Scope
One Page
Internet Archive Status
Verified
Language
English
Notes
https://partner.archive-it.org/1131/collections/7472/crawl/582555 https://partner.archive-it.org/1131/collections/7472/seeds/1562457
Media Date Create
Retweet
Off
English Title
Andre’s Bench
English Description
Andre’s Bench is a true story of a gift that was given after The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011. It is a story of a young girl in Ohio, who never met her grandmother from Ishinomaki, but honored her with a wish to rebuild the park in her grandmother’s hometown. It is also the story of a volunteer, Andre, who helped this young girl rebuild Matsunami Park, but passed away suddenly a year after it was built, and a Japanese carpenter in Ishinomaki whose sorrow was channeled to create t
Flagged for Internet Archive
Off
URI
https://wayback.archive-it.org/7472/20160601000000/https://jda-drupal.s3.amazonaws.com/Andre%27s%20Bench%20%28introduaction.pdf
Attribution URI
https://jda-drupal.s3.amazonaws.com/Andre%27s%20Bench%20%28introduaction.pdf